Men's Tennis Continues Impressive Play in the Fall

Oct. 5, 2010

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M men's tennis program, under the direction of head coach Steve Denton and assistant coach Bob McKinley, continues to impress this fall.

Senior All-American Austin Krajicek competed in the Natomas Men's Pro Tennis Tournament in Sacramento, California. After defeating Eric Roberson, 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round, Krajicek faced the #6 overall seed Blake Strode. Strode earned All-America honors at the University of Arkansas and the pair had a terrific match with Krajicek outlasting Strode, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6). Krajicek lost in the next match to the #4 seed, Daniel Cox from Great Britian, 7-6 (6), 6-1.

In other professional tennis action, a pair of Aggies actually faced off in the Mayfair Men's Futures Tournament in Canada. Conor Pollock, who was an All-American and a four-year letterman (2006-09), was the #6 seed in the draw. Pollock won his first match against Joss Espasandin, 6-1, 7-6 (4) to face Brett Joelson in the second round. Joelson was a four-year letterman (2004-07) at A&M and he defeated Christopher Racz in the opening round, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. The pair of Aggies faced each other in the second round and Pollock outlasted Joelson in the first set, 7-6 (4) and got on a roll in the second set to close out the match 6-0. Pollock faced the #1 seed Vasek Pospisil from Canada in the quarterfinals, dropping the match, 6-0, 6-2.
               
Current junior Colin Hoover continues to build on a productive summer by coming out and winning several matches in the D'Novo/ITA All-American Tennis Championships in Tulsa. Hoover, from Memorial High School in Victoria, faced David Holland from Duke in the second round and Hoover won the match, 7-6 (8), 6-3 to advance to third round. Hoover defeated Fabio Biasion from the University of Denver, 6-1, 6-1. Hoover dropped the next match of the tournament to Peter Kobelt from Ohio State, 6-3, 6-2. Hoover advanced to face Zach White from Mississippi State late Monday and defeated White, 7-6 (3), 6-2. That sets up a Tuesday match against Calin Paar, the #4 overall seed, from the University of Nebraska.

In doubles action, the Aggies have Alberto Bautista and Colin Hoover teaming up to take on Phil Anderson and Jaydon Phillips from New Mexico in the opening round. Niall Angus and Alexey Grigorov pair up against Jaime Pulgar and Dave Thomson from North Carolina State on Tuesday.